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Richland County planning director highlights retail leakage and commercial growth targets, urges master planning in priority areas
Summary
Director Sanithia Williams told council staff projected 20-year growth needs for Richland County include about 3.1 million square feet of retail and 5.9 million square feet of office space and that the county experiences roughly $418 million in "retail leakage." She recommended master planning and retail recruitment in priority investment areas such as Decker Boulevard and Sand Hill.
Director Sanithia Williams, who leads community planning and development, told the council on May 5 that the county's economic development goal includes supporting small businesses and retail "as a complement" to large industrial recruitment.
Williams said growth-forecasting tools used during the update to the comprehensive plan project that Richland County could need roughly 3,100,000 square feet of retail and about 5,900,000 square feet of…
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